My theory of cellular oscillation states that the nucleus of every cell or microbe is comparable to a high-frequency oscillating circuit.

The fact of emitting radiations is a universal property of living matter, just as it is becoming more and more evident that radio-activity is a universal property of inanimate matter. As we shall see in due course, it is the cosmic waves which create and maintain life by making the cellular circuit oscillate. Similarly, all electromagnetic waves, light, heat, electrical discharges, X-rays, ultra-violet rays, radio-active rays, etc., possess the property of reacting upon one another and upon cosmic waves. Experience has taught us that the intensity of cosmic waves is not constant, but is maximal at night towards midnight and minimal towards mid-day, as the diurnal radiations of light diminishes their intensity. These variations are detrimental to the maintenance of the oscillatory equilibrium of cells and may give rise to disease and death. Owing to the action of the Radio-cellulo-oscillator or simply of the oscillating circuits which pick up the radiating energy in the atmosphere, and owing to the electromagnetic field thus created, excess of cosmic waves is absorbed. I showed, in fact, that the nucleus of every living cell, manifesting itself in the form or a tubular filament consisting of dielectric matter and filled with a conducting substance, is comparable to an oscillating circuit having selfinductance, capacity and electric resistance. Living cells can thus oscillate with very high frequencies under the influence of cosmic rays emitted by the stars. What is disease? It is the oscillatory disequilibrium of cells, originating from external causes. It is, more especially, the struggle between microbic radiation and cellular radiation. If microbic radiation is predominant, disease is the result, and when vital resistance is completely overcome, death occurs. If cellular radiation gains the ascendant, restoration of health follows. I have pointed out that lifea phenomenon of oscillation in the cellular nucleus is the outcome of radiation and is dependent upon it for its maintenance. We can easily understand that life, considered as a harmony of vibrations, may be modified or destroyed by any condition causing oscillatory disequilibrium, particularly by the radiations of certain microbes which overcome the radiations of weaker or less resistant cells. The microbe, as a living organism, vibrating with a frequency lower or higher than that of the organic cell, causes, in the living being, an oscillatory disequilibrium. The sound cell which can no longer oscillate normally is then forced to modify the amplitude or the frequency of its own vibration which the microbe overcomes more or less completely by induction. As a result of being forced to vibrate under abnormal conditions the cell can no longer function normally; it is, in fact, a diseased cell. In order that it may be restored to health it must be treated by means of a radiation of appropriate frequency which, in recharging the cell with the required energy, achieves the dual purpose of restoring it to health and to its original normal state. In my opinion the coli bacillus becomes harmful only because it is capable of modifying, in general, the characteristics of the cell: capacity, self-inductance and

conductivity. It follows that the coli bacillus, vibrating with the same frequency as the living cells, has no harmful effect on them, as it does not modify the wavelength of the cells. On the other hand, the typhoid bacillus, whose electrical properties are different, as the result of the differentiation of its chemical components, vibrates with another frequency, and modifies, by forced induction, the oscillatory equilibrium of the cell. The problem is, not to aim at killing the microbes in the living organism, but to activate normal cellular oscillation by bringing a direct action to bear upon the cells by means of appropriate radiations. My experiments have shown that with ultra-short wireless waves or with oscillating circuits in the form of collars and belts, it is possible to establish equilibrium of cellular oscillations and to overcome the effect of microbic oscillations. I have already indicated, in a general manner, with regard to cellular oscillation, that cancer occurs as a reaction of the organism to a modification of its oscillatory equilibrium through the influence of cosmic radiations. Furthermore, the terrestrial field of cosmic waves is constantly affected by variations caused by interference phenomena due to various astral radiations, in consequence of the rotation of the earth either on its own axis (diurnal effect) or round the sun (annual effect) while the phases of the moon also affect the cosmic field. We have seen that the oscillatory equilibrium of the cell is modified and sometimes broken up when cosmic radiations vary either in intensity or in frequency. I have shown, however, that it was possible to re-establish this oscillatory equilibrium by reinforcing or diminishing, more accurately by filtering cosmic radiations by means of appropriate contrivances. It is also clear that owing to the excessively high frequency of these cosmic waves, the cells must be subjected to a formidable electromagnetic induction. The foregoing facts show that in a healthy organism every tissue must contain, in constant proportions, conducting and insulating constituents which I have named biomagnomobile units. The question now arises how the distribution of these units in the organism is effected so as to bring to the membrane of the nucleus the insulating substances, and to the filament the conducting substances. In the strange world of insects many of them possess minute antennae enabling them to follow their course in a straight line towards relatively distant points. Nature does nothing in vain; these antennae would seem to exist only for the purpose of receiving radiations. Owing to their relatively considerable dimensions in relation to the emitted radiations, the antennae of insects function in the manner of complexoscillators vibrating with the frequency of harmonics of a far higher scale than their fundamental wavelength. In every moment, every thing is a vibration frequency of LIGHT. All is LIGHT! If you would read the aura emitted electrically from your very body and play it on an instrument of soundwould YOU make an anthem of beauty or simply a noise of great depressive tones?

ELECTRIFICATION BY FRICTION OF WINGS IN THE ATMOSPHERE Simple experiments have confirmed the following hypothesis that I had previously formulated: living beings moving in the atmosphere, notably insects and birds, are capable of taking electrical charges, often at a very high potential. In imitating the flight of a bird in order to study the effects produced by the friction of its wings against the air, as, for example, by shaking a ducks wing before a radium electrometer after having taken care to insulate myself from the earth by means of two ebonite discs of 2 cm. thickness, I have been able to measure a charge of static electricity of an approximate tension of 600 volts. This tension increases as the earth level becomes further distant from the experimenter. As I have already stated, all living beings emit radiations. But, as far as the reception of these waves is concerned, birds which feed while flying have a far greater capacity and sensibility than animals that are restricted to moving on the earths surface. We know that the electric potential of the terrestrial atmosphere increases with height at the rate of 1 volt per cm. Thus at a height of 1,000 meters there is a potential difference of 100,000 volts in relation to the earths surface. It is worthy of note that electric tension during a birds flight varies in direct ratio to the resistance of the wind. The stronger the wind, the greater the electric tension acquired by the bird. The weaker the wind, the more this tension diminishes. It is known that the electric tension of the atmosphere is proportional to the altitude; on the other hand, the electrical capacity of the bird in relation to the soil is, in the first approximation, inversely proportional to the altitude. Thanks to this means of regulating its electric tension by varying the flying level from the earths surface, the bird, together with the underlying soil, constitute an actual air condenser. The bird thus possesses a kind of complete wireless apparatus since the semi-circular canals, in communication with his brain, and under the influence of electricity, play the part of receiver. Just as for picking up wireless waves emitted in America the operator regulates the mechanism of his receiving apparatus by modifying with a variable condenser the capacity of his aerial in relation to the earth, so the migrating bird regulates his own electrical capacity by flying either high or low. A Belgian entomologist, Dr. Quinet, after having made observations for thirty years, states that he has invariably seen birds flying against the wind. The theory that has been put forward in this work provides a simple explanation of this phenomenon. When they fly against the wind, birds are compelled, in order to lower their electric tension, to come down to low altitudes which enables the observer to see them clearly. But when birds fly with the wind they rise to a considerable altitude so as to obtain the charge of atmospheric electricity which is indispensable to them. In this case the birds remain invisible to the naked eye. Although animals that live in close contact with the earths surface electrify themselves less easily than birds and insects, it is nevertheless a fact that they are endowed with a certain degree of receptivity which enables them to detect

radiations, but only within a very restricted radius. Thus the horse is capable of finding his way to the stable within a radius of 10 kilometers. The dog detects his master within reasonable distance. Lemmings travel towards the sea from the far distant mountains of Norway. And the same principle applies to all animals possessing a tail, for they all electrify themselves by waving their tail in the air. It should also be noted that the tail of animals producing auto-electrification serves both as an antenna and an aerial. Moreover, the tail is in direct connection with the most important nervous centers. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES As a result of numerous observations and experiments I have formulated the following four principles: 1. Every living being emits radiations. This first principle is the keystone of the theory. 2. The great majority of living beingswith very few exceptionsare capable of receiving and of detecting waves. The second proposition is a natural corollary of the first. Indeed, every radiating system can both emit and transmit. 3. Any flying creature, that is to say, capable of leaving the earths surface (bird, winged insect) possesses a high capacity of wave-emission and reception, while animals that are unable to fly have a far lesser capacity in the same direction. The third proposition is of a somewhat intuitive order and is based upon what everyone knows on the propagation of radiations. High aerials are better than low ones for emitting and picking up waves. It follows, therefore, that flying creatures are better equipped than nonflying ones for emitting and receiving radiations. 4. The influence of sunlight on the propagation of waves is the determining factor in causing certain birds and insects, whose receptivity is specific, to fly and to feed at night, whereas others whose receptivity is normal, function, so to speak, in the daytime. But it may be objected that space would then be riddled with innumerable radiations. How would it be possible for these creatures to detect them? The answer is simple. Discrimination is easily effected thanks to the diversity of frequencies which characterizes these radiations. We shall see how this is accomplished presently. What is the organ which enables an animal to pick up these waves and to detect them while also rendering them perceptible to their senses? My firm conviction is that this organ is the semi-circular canals of the ear whose fluid is sensitive to electromagnetic fields, thus enabling animals to be aware of the vibrations they are searching for. The invertebrates do not possess any semi-circular canals, but only membranous vesicles which take their place and have similar functions. Yves Delage mentions the case of the octopus which is still able to swim after being blinded, but turns round its longitudinal axis or plane of symmetry when the vesicles which control its faculty of orientation have been destroyed. After the destruction of both labyrinths, aquatic animals and notably frogs, can no longer swim nor jump in a straight line. It should also be noted that lampreys,

which have only two pairs of canals, can only move in space in two directions; that Japanese mice (dancing mice) which only possess the superior vertical canals, can move only in one direction, right or left, and are moreover incapable of moving straight ahead or in a vertical direction. These rodents, E. de Cyon has shown, know only one space and one dimension. The majority of the vertebrates possess semi-circular canals arranged in three planes in space. This assemblage of three canals, each of which is at right angles to the other two, constitutes the labyrinth which is completed by more or less developed organs: the vestibule and the cochlea. In physiology the labyrinth is a name given to the series of cavities of the internal ear. It comprises the vestibule, cochlea and semi-circular canals. The vestibule is an oval cavity of the internal ear which forms the entrance of the cochlea. The cochlea is a cavity of the internal ear resembling a snail-shell. Now, whereas the cochlea is highly developed in mammals it is practically absent in fishes, reptiles and birds. How may we account for this difference? Is the presence of the cochlea in mammals related to a special sense which is absent in birds and fishes? I believe that, from the point of view of my theory, the question is susceptible of a very simple and general explanation. We have already seen that the semicircular canals function as a radiogoniometric system whose orientation depends on the direction of the particular waves picked up. As far as fishes and birds which move in three-dimensional space are concerned, this picking up process is facilitated, as we have pointed out before, by auto-electrification effected either by means of friction of living bodies resulting from contact with air or water. Mammals, not endowed with such powers, and confined to moving in a twodimensional space represented by the earths surface, need an auxiliary organ to pick up the particular waves that sensitize their radiogoniometric canals. This is where the cochlea plays an important part, as a kind of aerial, left open and wound up in the form of a more or less flattened tube filled with a conducting fluid.